re: best ways to build credit

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. I started piggybacking him on two solid cards of mine that I hardly ever use. I've done the same for my 16 yr old but I can't check his score until he's 18. I'm sure it will be excellent as well by then.

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We did the same for our daughter, and she was threatened with her life for unauthorized usage. We also had her apartment and utilities at school in her name. When she got ready to buy her first house, her credit score was in the upper 700s